I am planning to make a trip home from San Francisco to see my family in Fort Wayne, IN, for Christmas.

Do UA fly 747-400s between SFO and ORD? If so, I would love the opportunity to fly the 747 domestically! I am a 747 lover anyway.

So I was wondering if UA 744s regularly fly between SFO and ORD, or if these are only equipment subs, if they even do fly between the two hubs. If they do, would it be more likely to happen around Christmas?

Thanks in advance for any info!

SmithAir747

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made... (Psalm 139:14)

Not in the last couple or years has a 744 been on a domestic run scheduled out of ORD. However, if you heged your bets properly and waited for a sub on the day of flights, I have predicted correctly a few times when you might see a 744 domestically. For example, ORD-DEN on President's Weekend for all the skiiers. This Christmas however, I have no idea. If you REALLY want to fly a 744, then UA is running a 1-time, 1-way ORD-LAX 747 on October 28 (I think, it's in 2 Saturdays) to position for the new LAX-HKG service.

Oh do I miss the 1970s and early 1980s when most U.S. carriers flew 747s :
- UA 747 in IAD to LAX or SFO.
- TWA 747 from JFK to LAX.
- AA 747 from ORD to SFO or LAX.
- Not sure if NW flew DTW to SEA or LAX using 747s?
- Also Braniff Int.,

UA uses the 2 class Hawaii 772s between SFO and ORD. The 744s used for LAX-ORD are repositioning flights, usually overnight flights and they do not operate them consistently. In Y, my first choice on UA is the 3 class 767. It has wider seats than the 744, seatback video and lacks the dreaded "double excuse me" middle seat of the 772.

With AC starting daily YVR-SYD-YVR nonstop service in December (and NZ commencing 3/week AKL-YVR-AKL nonstop service on November 2) I doubt whether the QF seasonal tag-on from SFO will be repeated next year as it's not very competitive.

If I remember correctly didn't UA run a 744 between ORD-IAD or the other way around not to long ago. I doubt that this was the route for this flight as I am sure it went on to somewhere else like ORD-IAD-LHR or IAD-ORD-HNL or something along that line. Anyone with any of those old OAG's have info on this?

Currently the SFO/YVR tag is operated by Alaskan A/L on which QF codeshare and it ops on 737.

They do operate a through service SYD/SFO/YVR with a 747 from early Dec to late JAN to cover
the Christmas peak , however , SFO/YVR isn-t a domestic sector and in any case so frar as I can see
they are not accepting bookings on this end sector .

Quoting BCALBOY (Reply 22):Quoting Timz (Reply 19):
Good thing you included that "almost".

Currently the SFO/YVR tag is operated by Alaskan A/L on which QF codeshare and it ops on 737.

That's not a "tag" but a standard code-share connection with different flight numbers. "Tag" normally means a continuation of the same flight using the same flight number so it appears as a direct flight in systems, although not necessarily using the same aircraft on both sectors.

I flew on the Delta domestic 747's several times in the '70's. In fact, I didn't fly on another 747 until the late '90's. Unfortunately, the slides I took were all interior so I don't have the "N" numbers. I think a couple are still flying as freighters. Would be great to see the new logo on one...dream on!

Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 23):That's not a "tag" but a standard code-share connection with different flight numbers. "Tag" normally means a continuation of the same flight using the same flight number so it appears as a direct flight in systems, although not necessarily using the same aircraft on both sectors.

Don-t think that is of any relevance to the point ,I was making.
Pure pedantics !

25 Viscount724
: Agree, not important. It was just to point out that there is a specific meaning of "tag" sector in airline scheduling, which would not be the example

26 RDUDDJI
: UA operated IAD-SFO with a 744 for a month last year due to MX routing. It was to position the IAD-FRA 744 (at that time, IAD's sole 744 flight). My D

27 UA772IAD
: I remember flying on that one. It was UA950/951 (or 915?). It June, July and early August (before going back to a 777), 2006.

28 RC135X
: I routinely flew on UAL 747-400s from ORD-IAD (and return) during the early 1990's. It was the domestic portion of a flight to NRT, I believe. During

29 747fan
: My preferred planes in economy on UA are definitely their 767-300ER's, specifically the 3-class PW4060-powered ones used on transatlantic flights and

30 Viscount724
: If the list is being expanded to Canada and USA, might as well add Mexico to include JL's twice-weekly YVR-MEX 744 service. Coincidentally, YVR-JFK a